16-letter words containing m, e, r, i, t
- interest payment — a payment of interest on a loan or mortgage
- interhemispheric — of, relating to, or between hemispheres, as of the earth: interhemispheric cooperation.
- interim accounts — accounts published in the course of the financial year
- interim dividend — smaller payout
- interior lineman — one of the players positioned on the line of scrimmage between the ends.
- interior mapping — an open map.
- interlaced image — progressive coding
- intermediateness — The condition of being intermediate.
- interminableness — The state or condition of being interminable.
- interministerial — pertaining to the ministry of religion, or to a minister or other member of the clergy.
- intermissionless — (US) Without an intermission; without a pause between acts in the performance of a play or in a film on television.
- internationalism — the principle of cooperation among nations, for the promotion of their common good, sometimes as contrasted with nationalism, or devotion to the interests of a particular nation.
- intertestamental — of or relating to the period between the close of the Old Testament and the beginning of the New Testament.
- intimate apparel — lingerie (sense 2)
- intradermal test — a test for immunity or allergy to a particular antigen by observing the local reaction following injection of a small amount of the antigen into the skin.
- intramolecularly — In an intramolecular manner; within a molecule.
- inverted mordent — a melodic embellishment consisting of a rapid alternation of a principal tone with an auxiliary tone one degree above it.
- investment grant — a direct subsidy made by a government to a business in order to enable it to make further investment
- investment trust — a company that invests its funds in other companies and issues its own securities against these investments.
- irminger current — a branch of the North Atlantic Current, flowing N past the W coast of Iceland and then W.
- italian vermouth — sweet vermouth
- karelian isthmus — a narrow strip of land between Lake Ladoga and the Gulf of Finland, in the NW Russian Federation.
- kleptoparasitism — The parasitic theft of captured prey, nest material, etc. from animals of the same or another species.
- landed immigrant — foreigner: permanent resident
- lateral meristem — meristem located along the sides of a part, as a stem or root.
- lay intermediary — a layperson who is interposed between a lawyer and client to prevent the existence of a direct relationship between them.
- learner's permit — A learner's permit is a license that allows you to drive a vehicle before you have passed your driving test.
- liberal democrat — In Britain, a Liberal Democrat is a member of the Liberal Democrat Party.
- light microscope — microscope (def 1).
- limited monarchy — a monarchy that is limited by laws and a constitution.
- limited-monarchy — a limited train, bus, etc.
- lines per minute — (unit) (lpm) A unit used to measure line printer throughput.
- lithium chloride — a white, water-soluble, deliquescent, crystalline solid, LiCl, used chiefly in the manufacture of mineral water, especially lithia water, and as a flux in metallurgy.
- lithium fluoride — a fine, white, slightly water-soluble powder, LiF, used chiefly in the manufacture of ceramics.
- lithium stearate — a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble powder, LiC 18 H 35 O 2 , used chiefly in cosmetics, in plastics, and as a lubricant in powder metallurgy.
- little green men — a humorous way to refer to aliens
- lumberjack shirt — a thick checked shirt, as worn by lumberjacks
- machine operator — someone who operates mechanical equipment
- macroenvironment — (biology) The large-scale and long-term environment and conditions that affect an organism.
- macrolepidoptera — a collector's name for that part of the lepidoptera that comprises the butterflies and the larger moths (noctuids, geometrids, bombycids, springtails, etc): a term without taxonomic significance
- macrorestriction — In physical gene mapping, the digestion of DNA of high molecular weight with a restriction enzyme having a low number of restriction sites.
- magnesiochromite — (mineral) A chromite species with the formula MgCr2O4.
- magnetic bearing — the bearing of a point relative to that of the nearest magnetic pole.
- magnetic circuit — the closed path described by magnetic flux. It is analogous to the electric circuit with resistance, where flux, reluctance, and magnetomotive force correspond to electric current, resistance, and electromotive force.
- magnetic equator — aclinic line.
- magnetic pyrites — Mineralogy. pyrrhotite.
- magneto-electric — of or relating to the induction of electric current or electromotive force by means of permanent magnets.
- magnetochemistry — the study of magnetic and chemical phenomena in their relation to one another.
- magnetoresistive — Of or pertaining to magnetoresistance.
- magnetostriction — a change in dimensions exhibited by ferromagnetic materials when subjected to a magnetic field.